A semi-implicit Hall-MHD solver using Whistler wave preconditioning

DOI10.1016/J.CPC.2007.11.018zbMATH Open1196.76043arXiv0712.2506OpenAlexW2054922533WikidataQ62570047 ScholiaQ62570047MaRDI QIDQ710264FDOQ710264

Jürgen Dreher, Lukas Arnold, R. Grauer

Publication date: 18 October 2010

Published in: Computer Physics Communications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The dispersive character of the Hall-MHD solutions, in particular the whistler waves, is a strong restriction to numerical treatments of this system. Numerical stability demands a time step dependence of the form $Deltatpropto(Deltax{)}^2$ for explicit calculations. A new semi--implicit scheme for integrating the induction equation is proposed and applied to a reconnection problem. It it based on a fix point iteration with a physically motivated preconditioning. Due to its convergence properties, short wavelengths converge faster than long ones, thus it can be used as a smoother in a nonlinear multigrid method.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.2506

zbMATH Keywords

finite-difference methodsWhistler wavescollisionless plasmasreconnection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05)

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Cited In (6)

• Structure-preserving and helicity-conserving finite element approximations and preconditioning for the Hall MHD equations
• Optimized Schwarz Preconditioning for SEM Based Magnetohydrodynamics
• On a semi-implicit scheme for spectral simulations of dispersive magnetohydrodynamics
• Divergence-free approximate Riemann solver for the quasi-neutral two-fluid plasma model
• Review of implicit methods for the magnetohydrodynamic description of magnetically confined plasmas
• A 2D high-\(\beta\) hall MHD implicit nonlinear solver.

Uses Software

• KELLEY
• Racoon
• FLASH

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